Roofing material



May '6 1924, I 1,492,609

J. T. SlMPSON ROOFING MATERIAL Filed Dec. 14 1922 1m v v n )R.

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Patented May 6, i924.

UNETED? STATES PATENT orrica.

ROOFING MATERIAL.

Application filed December 14, 1922. Serial No. 608,841.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN THOMAS SIMP- son, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Roofing Material, of

which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a material adapted to be employed as a' covering for the roofs, and exterior walls of buildings, and which may also be used as either an interior or exterior decoration.

The objects of the invention are to provide a covering material which will be ornamented in ap earance; which will be waterproof; whic may be fireproof; which will be of permanent character; which will be cheap to construct and install, and which may be transported without injury thereto.

These and further objects will more fully appear in the following specification and accompanying drawings considered 'together or separately.

One embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings like parts in all of the several figures are designated by similar characters of reference, and in which Fi 1 is a plan view of a shingle embodyin t e invention.

ig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a view illustrating a method of applying the invention as a roof covering.

Fig. 4 is a detail section, on an enlarged scale, of a straw.

Fig. 5 is a plan view illustrating a step in the manufacture of the device, and

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic view of a modification.

'In the drawings 7 designates a foundation sheet of more of less lastic material which may be, and preferab y is, formed of a fltixible, fireproof and waterproof materia Embedded in the sheet is a series of filamentous members 8, each having a portion projecting from the sheet, and carried on each pro ecting portion is a series of ornamented elements, such for example, as heads 9. Those portions of the members 8 which are embedded in the sheet 7 not only act to anchor the members in place but also act as a reinforcement for the sheet.

The drawings illustrate the invention a applied to a shingle, but it is to be understood that the invention is not so limited, that the improved material may be manufactured in the form of sheets of any desired length and width to suit the various purposes to which it may be applied.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the members 8 are of wire, the elements 9 are perforated, spherical beads and the foundation 7 may be a sheet of artificial roofing material of well known form.

In Fig. 1a series of elements 9 is strung on single wires, in Fig. 5 there are two series of elements on a wire 12 which is bent to hairpin form, and in'Fig. 6 a plurality of series of elements is strung on a wire 11 which is common to all of them.

The elements 9 may be of any desired shape such as spheres, cylinders, cubes, etc., and may be of any suitable material such as glass, terra cotta, porcelain, metal, etc., and of any color.

Instead of a series of elements on each projecting portion of a member, a single element of any desired configuration may be employed, and instead of being strung 0n the members the elements may, if desired, be molded or otherwise formed thereon.

The elements, when strung on the members may be retained in position by any suitable means. As shown in the drawings, a flattened loop 10 is formed at the extrem1ty of each projecting portion of an element.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention the base 7 is a sheet of flexible material of a width approximately twice the width of the finished foundation. The wires carryin the elements are positioned as shown 1n Fig. 5, the sheet is bent over on the line 13 to cover the bare portions of the wire, and the adjoining faces of the material are secured together to retain the wires in position.

The flaps of the base sheet may be secured together in any desired manner as, for example, by cement, or by the app ication of heat, or pressure, or the elements may be molded in position during the manufacture of the base material.

In a roof or exterior wall covering material may be a plied as shown in Fig. 3. As will be seen tile foundations will overlap to sender the roof or wall waterproof,

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and the said foundation will be concealed by the beaded straws. The improved material may be secured in position by cement, nails, or in any other suitable manner.

The invention ma be applied to a concrete roof or wall by embedding the uncovered portions of the wire elements in the concrete body during the pouring of the same, or before the concrete sets, or the invention may be applied to wooden shingles or to clapboards by means of nails, staples or the like.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes the principle of the invention has been described together with the article which is now considered to represent the best embodiment thereof, but it is de-- sired to have it understood that the article shown is merely illustrative, and that the invention may be carried out in other ways.

The invention having been described, what is claimed and desired to be securedby Letters Patent, is

1. An article of the character described, comprising a body, members projecting from the body, and elements carried by the projecting portions of the members.

2. An article of the character described, comprising a body, members projecting from the body, elements carried by the projecting portions of the members, and means for retaining the elements in position.

3. An article of the character described, comprising a body, members projecting from the body, elements carried by the projecting portions of the members, and means carried by the members for retaining the elements inposition.

4. An article of the character described, comprising a body, a plurality of filamentous members extending in arallel arrangement from an edge of said body, a plurality of elements carried by the projecting portions of the member, and means for secur meaeoe 6. An article of the character described, Y

comprising a body of impervious material, a plurality of filamentous members projecting in parallel arrangement from an edge of said body, a plurality of perforated elements threaded on each projecting member, and means for retaining the elements on the members.

7. An article of the character described, comprising a body of impervious material, a plurality of filamentous members projecting in parallel arrangement from an edge of said body, a plurality of perforated elements threaded on each projecting member, and means for retaining the elements on the members, and in relation to each other and to the body.

8. An article of the character described, comprising a body of plastic material, reinforcing members within the body and projecting therefrom, and elements carried by and surrounding the projecting portions.

9. A roofing material, comprising a filamentous element, and an ornamental body carried by the element.

10. A roofing material, comprising a filamentous'elemen', and a series of separated, ornamental bodies carried on the element.

This specification signed and witnessed this fifth day of December, 1922.

JOHN THOMAS SIMPSON.

Witnesses:

E'rm. M. Jorms, Frommon I. Catharina. 

